Southern Water is seeking to appoint one or more suppliers under a Framework Agreement for the provision of Site Survey and Investigation services. Due to the complexity of the services required, it is anticipated this framework will be awarded under several lots. Details of lots can be referenced in II.2.1.

The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): no

II.1.8)Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: yes
Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots

II.1.9)Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no

II.2)Quantity or scope of the contract

II.2.1)Total quantity or scope:

Southern Water is seeking to appoint one or more suppliers under a Framework Agreement for the provision of Site Survey and Investigation services. Due to the complexity of the services required, it is anticipated this framework will be awarded under several lots. Lots for this Site Surveys and Investigations Framework are as follows;
— Lot 1 — The provision of CCTV Investigation services
— Lot 2 — The provision of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modelling services
— Lot 3 — The provision of Archaeological Surveys
— Lot 4 — The provision of Ecological Surveys
— Lot 5 — The provision of Flow Surveys
— Lot 6 — The provision of Geotechnical Site investigations
— Lot 7 — The provision of Topographical Surveys
Southern Water reserves the right to award one or more Framework agreement/s under each Lot and to combine Lots as appropriate into one or more agreement(s) depending on the responses received to the OJEU notice. Southern Water also reserves the right to make no award as a result of this procurement process, or may award Lots in part or in whole.

The process will be managed through the Southern Water on line sourcing portal. To submit their expression of interest, all interested parties must register at: https://southernwater.smartsourceportal.com/SourceWeb.dll/SupplierRegistration.html Once registration has been completed, all interested parties will be emailed a link to a form to fill out with further information including the detail of which lots you wish to bid for. Suppliers must indicate which lots they intend to bid for to complete the submission of their expression of interest.

II.2.2)Information about options

Options: yes
Description of these options: The planned duration of the Framework Agreement(s) will be 5 years with a further option to extend for a further period of 5 years exercisable by Southern Water.
Provisional timetable for recourse to these options:
in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

II.2.3)Information about renewals

This contract is subject to renewal: no

II.3)Duration of the contract or time limit for completion

Starting 1.12.2015 Completion 1.12.2020

Information about lots

Lot No: 1Lot title: Provision of CCTV Investigation Services

1)Short description:

Provision of CCTV Investigation Services.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

90490000, 90490000, 90491000, 90492000

3)Quantity or scope:

CCTV Investigation services and associated outputs at water and wastewater treatment sites, along pipeline routes and at any other Southern Water asset as required.
Objective is to have framework suppliers available to provide service for use by Southern Water Engineering teams during concept design on AMP6 projects. There will also be requirements to meet with Operational needs.
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 1 500 000 and 3 000 000 GBP

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

The provision of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Modelling services and associated outputs for studies on water and wastewater treatment sites, along pipeline routes and at any other Southern Water asset as required.
Objective is to have framework suppliers available to provide modelling data for use by SW Engineering teams during concept design on AMP6 projects. There may also be requirements to meet with Operational needs.
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 350 000 and 700 000 GBP

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

Lot No: 3Lot title: The provision of Archaeological Surveys

1)Short description:

The provision of Archaeological Surveys.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71351914, 71351914, 45112450, 71351720

3)Quantity or scope:

The scope includes the provision of archaeological surveys and watching briefs during construction on water and wastewater treatment sites, along pipeline routes and at any other Southern Water asset as required.
This competition is for the provision of archaeological services including, but not limited to, test excavations, excavations, geophysical survey, underwater survey, geodetic surveying, documentary research and post-excavation research, analysis, conservation, reporting, archiving and publication.
Objective is to have framework suppliers available to provide surveys for use by SW Engineering teams during concept design on AMP6 projects. There may also be requirements to meet with Operational needs.
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 350 000 and 700 000 GBP

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

Lot No: 4Lot title: Provision of Ecological Surveys

1)Short description:

Provision of Ecological Surveys.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

90490000, 71335000, 71352000, 71355000

3)Quantity or scope:

Provision of ecological surveys and associated services as required during the AMP6 period.
Objective is to have framework suppliers available to provide surveys for use by SW Engineering teams during concept design on AMP6 projects. There may also be requirements to meet with Operational needs.
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 500 000 and 1 000 000 GBP

Lot No: 5Lot title: Provision of Flow Surveys

1)Short description:

Provision of Flow surveys.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

90491000, 90490000, 90491000, 71353000, 71352000

3)Quantity or scope:

Provision of flow surveys and associated ancillary studies at water and waste water treatment sites, along pipeline routes and at any other Southern Water asset as required.
Objective is to have framework suppliers available to provide surveys for use by Southern Water Engineering teams during concept design on AMP6 projects. There may also be requirements to meet with Operational needs.
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 2 500 000 and 5 000 000 GBP

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

Lot No: 6Lot title: Provision of Geotechnical Site Investigations

1)Short description:

Provision of Geotechnical Site Investigations.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71332000, 90490000, 71353000, 71332000

3)Quantity or scope:

Provision of geotechnical site investigations on water and waste water treatment sites, along pipeline routes and at any other Southern Water asset as required.
Objective is to have framework suppliers available to provide geotechnical site investigation data for use by SW Engineering teams during concept design on AMP6 projects.
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 2 500 000 and 500 000 GBP

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

Lot No: 7Lot title: Provision of Topographical Surveys

1)Short description:

Provision of Topographical Surveys.

2)Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)

71351810

3)Quantity or scope:

Provision of topographical surveys on water and waste water treatment sites, along pipeline routes and at any other Southern Water asset as required.
Objective is to have framework suppliers available to provide geotechnical site investigation data for use by SW Engineering teams during concept design on AMP6 projects.
Estimated value excluding VAT
Range: between 2 500 000 and 5 000 000 GBP

4)Indication about different date for duration of contract or starting/completion

Duration in months: 60 (from the award of the contract)

Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)Conditions relating to the contract

III.1.1)Deposits and guarantees required:

A Bond or Parent Company Guarantee may be required, dependent on responses to financial section.

III.1.3)Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to whom the contract is to be awarded:

Each agreement will be awarded to a single legal entity. While consortia will be considered, they must be represented by a single lead bidder and be able to demonstrate commitment to forming a single legal entity.

III.1.4)Other particular conditions:

The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

III.2)Conditions for participation

III.2.1)Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers

III.2.2)Economic and financial ability

III.2.3)Technical capacity

III.2.4)Information about reserved contracts

III.3)Conditions specific to services contracts

III.3.1)Information about a particular profession

Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

III.3.2)Staff responsible for the execution of the service

Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of the staff responsible for the execution of the service: no

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)Type of procedure

IV.1.1)Type of procedure

Negotiated
Some candidates have already been selected (if appropriate under certain types of negotiated procedures): no

IV.2)Award criteria

IV.2.1)Award criteria

The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated in the specifications or in the invitation to tender or to negotiate

IV.3.5)Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be drawn up

IV.3.6)Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender

IV.3.7)Conditions for opening of tenders

Date: 23.10.2015 – 9:00
Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: no

VI.2)Information about European Union funds

The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no

VI.3)Additional information:

Interested parties must inform the Contracting Entity that they wish to express an interest in bidding for the framework agreement(s). The framework agreement/s will be let without subsequent publication of a call for competition. This notice fulfils the contracting entity’s obligations by informing the market of this notice being the call for competition.

Interested parties must express their interest by registering your contact email address at:https://southernwater.smartsourceportal.com/SourceWeb.dll/SupplierRegistration.html Once an email address has been completed, all interested parties will be emailed a link to a Supplier Profile Registration form to fill out further company information including the detail of which lots you wish to bid for and a contact telephone number. Please ensure that you check your spam and junk mailboxes for this email. Suppliers must indicate which lots they intend to bid for to complete the submission of their expression of interest.

As a minimum the following will be required:
a) Company’s name;
b) Principal’s contact name;
c) Principal’s e-mail address
Additional information required for Supplier Profile Registration form;
d) Full contact telephone number;
e) Lots for which the interested party wishes to bid for
Applicants will then be invited to complete and return a pre-qualification questionnaire with all the information required to satisfy the conditions of participation. A number of candidates will be invited to bid for the agreement(s). The Contracting Entity may invite a limited number of candidates to negotiate for the agreement(s).

VI.4)Procedures for appeal

VI.4.1)Body responsible for appeal procedures

VI.4.2)Lodging of appeals

Precise information on deadline(s) for lodging appeals: Southern Water will incorporate a standstill period at the point information on the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. That notification will provide full information on the award decision. The standstill period, which will be for a minimum of 10 calendar days, provides time for unsuccessful tenderers to challenge the award decision before the contract is entered into The Utilities Contracts Regulations 2006 (SI 2006 No 6) provide for aggrieved parties who have been harmed or are at risk of harm by a breach of the rules to take action in the High Court (England, Wales and Northern Ireland).

VI.4.3)Service from which information about the lodging of appeals may be obtained